[Beowulf] SATA II

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 12:34:28AM -0600, Geoff Jacobs wrote:

> SATA is fine. You just have to be choosy about the SATA/SAS controller,
> and be mindful of reliability issues with desktop drives.

Some SATA is more reliable than others. Caviar RE2 drives claim
enterprise-level reliability, only at a slight price premium
in comparison to e.g. WD Raptor series.

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